On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> In order to calculate the average cost, you need to create a
> transaction which removes all existing lots (make sure to get
> cost and date right) and adds the correct number of the commodity at
> the total price:
>
> 2014-03-02 * Calculate average cost of AAA
> Assets:Investments -1 AAA {10.00 GBP} [2014-02-01] @ 10.00 GBP
> Assets:Investments -1 AAA {20.00 GBP} [2014-03-01] @ 20.00 GBP
> Assets:Investments 2 AAA @@ 30.00 GBP
>
That defeats the purpose of using an accounting system: you're having to
calculate the sum yourself.
Related: For the next iteration of Beancount, I'm adding a feature to book
shares with the avg. cost method (in case that's what you're trying to do).
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